A conversation in my local pub reminded me of the fundamental absurdity of some of the arguments promoting increased taxes and regulation on the good old British boozer. The aim is to limit binge-drinking and tackle excess alcohol consumption in general. I was supping a nourishing and refreshing pint of Becks Vier. Said pint cost […]
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NanoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, ended on Sunday at midnigh with the arrival of December. It would be better called WoNaWriMo (wo = world) but it’s been a worthwhile endeavour. I’ve fallen well short of the 50k target and don’t have an accurate final count owing to handwriting most of my efforts. But I think
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If you’re looking for a thoughtful gift for the geek in your life with a love of the arcane, I recommend you seek out a copy of Enquire within upon Everything for them. There are plenty on eBay. First published in 1856, and selling more than a million copies in dozens of editions, it’s one
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I’ve been praising the bold and modern design of the new sterling coinage featuring fragments of the Royal Standard. Quite a few people have commented that they ‘look forrin’ and I see their point. But I liked them. That was until Josh Russell pointed out an obvious flaw to me over coffee (and he’s thoughtfully
Three articles in the Guardian are worth reading. Not least Tanya Cordrey’s brief analysis of eBay’s problems and her suggestion that eBay might ditch PayPal. Tanya is a former boss of mine from eBay and someone whose judgment I trust. Now she’s at the Guardian, I hope she’ll be writing more. At first glance, two
I’ve been enjoying picclick.com. It’s a shame they don’t have a UK site (but they’re working on it) and I’d hardly call it perfect (some of the image quality is shabby) but it’s a fun way of dicing/slicing/enhancing the eBay search experience. Here’s a search I did for Dr Who items that kept me absorbed
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This post by Randfish on the SEOMoz blog really caught my eye. probably because I’ve been doing a fair bit of SEO tinkering for a few different projects of late. I’ve needed some clarifications on what’s important and not and fortunately there are people out there who can help. Indeed, I wonder if there is
Very much the “Anything Goes” version of the Cole Porter classic. Rather than any of the rude ones where, well, anything goes.
Like many people (see TameBay), I’m staggered by eBay’s breathtakingly arrogant post regarding VAT. You’ll recall that the government announced Monday last that VAT would be reduced from 17.5% to 15% for 13 months starting Monday next. With customers firmly in mind, late Wednesday eBay made an Announcement on a change that will impact many
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My empwronline post, regarding seminars about eBay selling (which I strongly advise you don’t waste your time and money on) has received an interesting response both her and on Tamebay. Thank you to everyone who has commented or emailed me privately: I’ve heard from some seriously disgruntled EmPwrOnline customers. One comment from AuctionPix Eddie on
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I really love freshly laundered shirts. So much so, being a web internetist wankr, I took a pic of mine only recently washed and ironed. And being even more pretentious I immediately thought of The Great Gatsby. “They’re such beautiful shirts”, she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because
Just in case you didn’t know, it being 2008 and all that, here’s what to do if you’ve been to the lav and have no idea what to do with that handle by the pan. Thank goodness all toilet goers on the City Thameslink will never be confused again.
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Moneysavingexpert.com is surely one of the top ten most important websites in Britain. But from an internet industry perspective, who would know? Those ever-so-cool Web 2.0, assymetric hair-do, skinny jean types who think they rule the web wouldn’t ever admit it (even if they flick their well-producted fringes out of the way each morning to
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File under ‘plugging’. I’m a huge fan of the urbane Alex Bellinger, smallbizpod and the superb smallbizpod podcasts. So it was a pleasure to scribble some thoughts for the smallbizpod blog about things people should know about eBay. In other news. The smallbizpod piece and my own post regarding empwronline was picked up by buildaskill.
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